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EPS Researcher Development Monthly Bulletin : November 2011

Hello EPS Postdocs and Research Staff,

I am Dr Lynn Clark your new Researcher Development Officer. I am really happy to be back at The University of Manchester; the place where I did my PhD. For more background details see our contacts page. Over the coming weeks, I hope to come and meet with you more…

Teaching & Learning Opportunity - December 2011

Research Staff and PhD Students - if you are are looking for opportunities to develop your teaching and learning experience, then becoming a facilitator on the Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development undergraduate course might just be for you.

For full details download the Training and Selection Flyer (pdf)

Training and selection event

To become a facilitator on this course more…

Teaching & Learning Opportunity for Research Staff and PhD Researchers

Several MBS course units now use small group project-based learning, and facilitators are needed – not as subject teachers, but to help student teams learn to work more effectively together.

Research Staff and PhD Researchers, would you like the opportunity to:

  • Be part of a team of staff trained in “Problem Based Learning” (PBL) teaching?
  • Gain first hand more…

CEEBL Postgraduate Workshop “Designing Tutorial Exercises: Triggers”

28 April 2010, 12.15-16.00, CEEBL, C24 Sackville Street Building

This workshop is specially targeted at postgraduates who run seminar groups/ tutorials/ small group exercises e.g. Graduate Teaching Assistants, etc., who want to improve their skills as facilitators.

This workshop will provide practical training on how to design and deliver EBL-style exercises activities, in particular “triggers”, which serve more…

CEEBL Postgraduate Workshop: “Group Dynamics”

21 April 2010, 12.15-16.00, CEEBL, C24 Sackville Street Building

This workshop is specially targeted at postgraduates who run seminar groups/ tutorials/ small group exercises e.g. Graduate Teaching Assistants, etc., who want to improve their skills as facilitators.

Taking a tutorial group for the first time can be a daunting experience. Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) is often used more…

CEEBL Postgraduate Workshop “Help! I’ve got a tutorial”

10 March 2010, 12.15-16.00, CEEBL, C24 Sackville Street Building

This workshop is specially targeted at postgraduates who run seminar groups/ tutorials/ small group exercises e.g. Graduate Teaching Assistants, etc., who want to improve their skills as facilitators.

Taking a tutorial group for the first time can be a daunting experience. Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) is often more…

CEEBL Postgraduate Workshop: “Group Dynamics”

19 February 2010, 12.15-16.00, CEEBL, C24 Sackville Street Building

This workshop is specially targeted at postgraduates who run seminar groups/ tutorials/ small group exercises e.g. Graduate Teaching Assistants, etc., who want to improve their skills as facilitators.

Taking a tutorial group for the first time can be a daunting experience. Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) is often used more…

CEEBL Postgraduate Online Workshop for Enquiry-Based Learning

Starts Friday 19 February 2010 and runs for six weeks

About the workshop

Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL) is often used in tutorials and other small groups to increase student enthusiasm and participation, and has been shown to lead to better learning outcomes. The tutors’ role in EBL is as a facilitator, setting goals and providing exercises to more…

CEEBL Postgraduate Group Coaching & Leadership Workshop

Part 1: 10 February 2010 & Part 2: 3 March 2010 - lunch at 12.00pm, workshop from 12.45-5.00pm, CEEBL, C24 Sackville Street Building

Group coaching generates significant expansion of the capacity and capability of leaders and their teams. The purpose of group coaching is to help a group to manage itself and move systematically towards goal more…